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Johnny English
(Reviewed June 19, 2003)
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This should have been a "gimme" for the studio. I mean, how can you go wrong with the idea of Rowan Atkinson ("Bean," "Blackadder") in a James Bond spoof?
But go wrong they most certainly did. Every joke is telegraphed so far in advance that even small children will groan. Every scene goes on too long. You won't believe that a movie this unfunny and unclever could be made in a world that already has seen three infinitely superior "Austin Powers" movies. (One trying-to-pull-off-face-mask-that-isn't-really-a-mask scene, in fact, is stolen directly from the Austin Powers "That's a man, baby!" scene.)
There's one okay chase scene of Atkinson in a sportscar suspended from a tow-truck. And pop star Natalie Imbruglia looks cute, with her big blue eyes and all, playing a fellow spy..but not cute enough to save this bomb from an "F."
Back Row Grade: F
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